Raspberry Pi's run off of USB power which is 5V, and not generally available on the boat in a permanent way. The first step in connecting a Pi to the boat was to find a proper power supply. On sailboats in particular, I loved having a Pi on board because I could have an always-on computer that didn't take a ton of power, had a decent amount of CPU power, and use it to monitor things while I was away. system that has features just like the big vendors. In addition, you can run OpenCPN or OpenPlotter and have a fully functioning boat control, autopilot, chart, etc. My main reason is to run a Signal K server on it, have it connected to my NMEA 2000 network, and leverage the hundreds of plugins and pieces of software that you can install to create dashboards, gather data, set alarms and alerts, and so much more. There are many reasons to have a Raspberry Pi connected to your boat network that I can think of. Connecting them to a NMEA 2000 network, and powering them off a DC battery bank has required a bit more work up until now. I’ve had them on every boat since the Pi first came out. Running a Raspberry Pi aboard a boat has been a popular thing to do for a number of years.
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